An artiste needs negative feedback; it helps you grow, says Trilok Gurtu

Mumbai-born percussion legend Trilok Gurtu, who has built a reputation for fusing Indian music with European jazz, says faith ...

Book Extract | The Shortest History of Music by Andrew Ford

English poet Musical sounds exist in time and the time is always now. It doesn’t matter whether the music is spontaneously ...

What are the key features of an intelligent Indian classical performance? Kathak expert Shovana Narayan explains there's a whole chemistry of responses

Padma Shri Shovana Narayan teaches a Kathak masterclass to children in Delhi. Plus, her thoughts on what constitutes an ...
India West

Carnatic Music Teacher Recalls Usha Vance As A Student

LOS ANGELES CA — When Usha Chilukuri Vance, poised and articulate, took the stage at the Republican National Convention to deliver the introductory remarks for her husband, the world saw the wife of ...
The Arts Desk

From quasi-Mozartian elegance to the gritty humour of a kitchen inspection

To hear Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason speaking live is to hear a woman who very much recognises that her lifelong mission to challenge the perception of who should play classical music is ongoing. Though she ...

From Mozart to Beethoven: 6-year-old Indian-origin boy sets Guinness Record for recognising classical composers by ear

At around two and a half years old, his mother said, the boy would often hum along to orchestral scores in cartoons like Tom ...

In Bihar fray full of Bhojpuri stars-turned-politicians, why Maithili Thakur stands out

The BJP’s 25-yr-old candidate from Alinagar in Darbhanga has carved out a niche by mixing classical with folk Bhojpuri music, ...
Asian News International

Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi unveils statues of South Indian music saints at Ayodhya's Brihaspati Kund

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 8 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday unveiled statues of South Indian music saints Tyagaraja Swamigal, Purandaradasa, and ...
Hindustan Times

Union FM Sitharaman, CM Yogi unveil South Indian saint-musicians statues in Ayodhya

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on her two-day visit, along with chief minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, unveiled statues of three South Indian saint-musicians, Saint Tyagaraja ...
Hindustan Times

Why Indian national, fighting for Russia, surrendered before Ukraine army? Gujarat police reveal

The Gujarat Police on Wednesday confirmed that Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein, the 22-year-old Indian who surrendered to the Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside the Russian military, was a ...
Indiatimes

Sebi bans 17-year-old Indian IT company and its promoters from market: What are the charges

SEBI has banned Mumbai-based IT firm Synoptics Technologies and its promoters from the securities market pending an investigation into alleged fund diversion. The company is accused of siphoning Rs 19 ...
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This Indian violinist is changing the way you see classical music

“It started off as any collaboration, I don’t think he expected much of the classical violin. But once I played the first few notes, his face lit up. “I love your music, man,’ he ... when I was just ...